Umbrella-runner.



1. C. HEYN.

UMBRELLA RUNNER.

APPLICATIQN HLED MAR.a.19ls,.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

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JOHN' C. HEYN, 0F FINDLAY, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2st, 1916.

.Applicadtien` filed March 3, 1&16. SerialNo. 81,886.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOI-IN C. Hurk, a citizen of the United States, residing `a Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella-Runners, of which the following is a specification.

yThis invention relates to umbrella runners, and its object is to provide novel and improved means for locking the runner on the umbrella stick and for releasing the same, the latter operation being effected by means of a slide carried by the runner and designed to release the runner catches. This object is attained by means of a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in

which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a fragment of an umbrella, showing the application of the invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2-2 of F ig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the runner in engagement with the upper runner catch.'

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes the stick of the umbrella, the same being composed of several telescoping sections, the latter being madertubular for this purpose. On the stick is slidably mounted the runner to which the inner ends of the stretchers 6 are connected. The runner-comprises a sleeve 7 on the outside of which a tubular slide or sleeve 8 is mounted. Near the top of the stick is a double runner catch 9 which is adapted to hook into keeper apertures l0 in the side of the sleeve, whereby the runner is held in the position it takes when the umbrella is open. To hold the runner in the closed` position of the umbrella, the stick has near its handle end diametrically opposite keeper apertures 11 for spring catches 12 carried by the sleeve 7.

i The slide 8 is designed for the purpose of disengaging the catches 9 and 1Q in a man ner to be presently described.

The catches 12- are in the formk of resilient fingers which extend from a split ring 13 which encircles the sleeve 7 near the upper end thereof. Near the free ends of the fingers are inward bends 14C forming hooks which project through apertures 15 in the sleeve so as to enter the apertures 11. The free ends of the fingers are spaced slightly from the outside of the sleeve. rllhe diameter of the slide 8 is such as to allow the mal tendency movement ofthe fingers from locking to release position, said fingers having a norto swing inward to locking position.

The slide S'hasan intermediate portion of contracted diameter in which are diametrically opposite slots 16 through which the free ends of the spring fingers 12 project. This contracted portion of n the slide is shaped to form an inclined surface 17 on which the free ends of the spring ngers bear, the inclination being such that when the slide is moved forward on the sleeve 7, the spring fingers are pried outward to take the hooks 14 out of the apertures 11, whereby the sleeve is released so that it may be run outward on the stick to open the umbrella.

Above the contracted portion the slide 8 is of sufiicient diameterk to allow the upper runner catches 9 Vtoiproject thereinto through the apertures 10, and the outer end of the sleeve is contracted, as indicated at 18-g to bring its outer edge in contact with theV sleeve 7. Thus, the ends of the catches 9 which project into the slide are in the path of the outer edge of the slide, and when the latter is drawn back, said edge engages the catches and forces the same back through the apertures 10 into the stick 5. The catches being now retracted, the sleeve is released and it may be pulled down the stick to close the umbrella.

The lower end'of thesleeve l7 has an outstanding ange or abutment 19 between which and the contracted portion 17 of the slide is mounted a coiled spring Q0 for normally holding the slide in inoperative position. The abutment also prevents separation of the slide from the sleeve.

The part 18 of the slide 8 has notches 21'to accommodate the spring fingers 12, which notches, together with the slots V16, prevent rotation of the slide on the sleeve 7, the ring 13 carrying the fingers being fast on the sleeve. The lower end of the slide 8 has a cup 22 for receiving the tips of the ribs 23 when the umbrellay is closed.

The runner structure hereinbefore described is devoid of complicated parts, and by reason of its simplicity, it can be easily and cheaply manufactured.

I claim:

1. An umbrella runner comprising a sleeve having an aperture, a spring catch carried by the sleeve on the outside thereof, and having a holding part extending 2. An umbrella runner com risinfr a C1 sleeve having an aperture, a spring catch carried by the sleeve on the outside 'thereof,- and having a holding party extending through the aperture, the free vend of the catch being spaced from the side of the sleeve, and a slide mounted on the sleeve,

15 said slide having an aperture and an inclined surface, the free end of the catch eX- tending through said aperture and bearing on the inclined surface, the outer end of the `slide having notches through which the catches enter, and between Which notched portion of the slide and the inclined surface the slide is enlarged diametrically to accommodate the catches.

In testimony Whereoil I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. f i

JOHN C. HEYN.

Vitnesses:

` Jon ALGE,

MARION G. FOSTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.4 Washington, D. C. 

